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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
August 24, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
stc revolutionizes postpaid plans with Always ON, a one-of-a-kind portfolio on Kuwait’s leading network
 
 
Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc has announced its new revolutionary range of Always ON postpaid plans, packaged with new unique benefits designed to meet customers’ connectivity requirements...
 
Saudi CITC launches public consultation for 5-year radio spectrum outlook
In the consultation, CITC proposes to make available over 10 GHz of additional radio spectrum by 2024 across a wide range of frequency bands...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat launches e-Store for SMBs in UAE
Member Logo Etisalat has announced the launch of e-Store, a free website builder from Etisalat Business Edge enabling Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers to transform their businesses online with no contract obligations...
 
•  Microsoft adds four more MEA languages to Translator
Member Logo Microsoft has added two Kurdish dialects and two official languages of Afghanistan to Microsoft Translator, adding to the growing number of Middle Eastern and African languages available...
 
•  Accenture helps Equinor improve business operations and increase agility with the cloud
Member Logo This transformational project supports Equinor’s business objectives to optimize IT costs and increase cost transparency by shifting to an agile, high availability and scalable platform for SAP systems...
 
•  DEWA and Huawei reinforce AI and digital transformation with the launch of new network operation center
Member Logo Huawei and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority have inaugurated the InfraX Network Operations Center. InfraX—a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEWA...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Ofcom completes 700MHz clearance programme
The clearance of the 700MHz band was needed to create space for mobile broadband services including both 4G and 5G...
 
• Saudi CITC launches public consultation for 5-year radio spectrum outlook
In the consultation, CITC proposes to make available over 10 GHz of additional radio spectrum by 2024 across a wide range of frequency bands...
 
South Asia
 
• Zong 4G completes successful trial of NB-IoT network in Pakistan
Zong 4G has announced the successful testing of Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT) network in Pakistan and has completed it in collaboration with U-blox...
 
• Dialog Axiata’s Ideamart partners Hutch to expand subscriber reach
Following the integration of Hutch 072 and 078 Network Infrastructure, Ideamart will now provide Sri Lankan Developers, access to over 18 million subscribers across Dialog, Hutch and Airtel Mobile Networks...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Indonesia promises nationwide 4G internet services by 2022
Indonesia is committed to accelerating a “national digital transformation” through five priority programs...
 
• Denmark's TDC names date for 5G launch
Danish operator TDC Group revealed plans to launch commercial 5G service on 7 September, ahead of its original end-2020 target...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• ITV announces InfoSum data partnership
ITV has announced a partnership with the identity infrastructure provider InfoSum that will allow advertisers to match target audiences against the 30 million users of ITV Hub...
 
• BritBox to invest in Australian venture
The SVOD service, which was first launched in the US and Canada in 2017, offers an array of UK programming and last year revealed plans to “significantly expand” its offering with more original drama and live...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Bosch launches Intelligent Insights software in UAE
Bosch has announced the UAE launch of Intelligent Insights, an affordable software solution that enables customers to use data in new ways...
 
• Fintech startups in Saudi Arabia grew by 147% in two years
The startup sector in Saudi Arabia has been through a pivotal period from 2019 to 2020 that includes an expansion in the number of active fintech startups by 147 percent...
 
• Orange Jordan expands its 4G Smartphones collection
Orange Jordan is keen to offer users different options that enable them to express themselves and stay connected to what matters to them through a collection of mobile phones...
 
North Africa
 
• Egypt leads Arab world in digital wallets, e-payment services
Egypt currently leads the Arab world in terms of electronic payment services and digital wallets, with 130,000 outlets providing these services throughout the country...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• Claro Costa Rica launches FTTH service
Claro Costa Rica has confirmed that it has launched fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology in selected locations...
 
• Inmarsat and MediaTek test satellite-based IoT network
Inmarsat has completed a successful trial of satellite-based Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology with chip vendor MediaTek, paving the way for hybrid networks to be included in future releases of the 5G standard...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• South Africa takes the lead in Africa on digital quality of life
South Africa is this year ranked the first in Africa and 34th in the world, according to the 2020 Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index...
 
• Ucom announces mobile network upgrade
Armenian fixed-line, broadband, and mobile operator Ucom says that customers will now receive ‘a much higher quality’ of service thanks to a recent mobile network upgrade...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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